Six Japanese destroyers handed to Philippines
According to information published by Yomiuri on July 6, 2025, Japan’s Defense Minister Gen Nakatani and Philippine Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro have confirmed the...
LHDs in scandalous state
By David Uren*
The Defence budget squeeze has starved the Royal Australian Navy of sustainment funding. We see this in the scandalous state of two...
An extraordinary frigate
By George Allison
As HMS Glasgow moves through the final stages of construction at BAE Systems’ Scotstoun shipyard, the Royal Navy’s newest frigate is already...
New Spirit of Tasmania heads south
Spirit of Tasmania IV has departed Scotland and is bound for Hobart, with its expected arrival announced as "late-August". In a statement, ferry operator...
Inside a British shipbuilding yard
Inside a conference room in a building overlooking the Janet Harvey Hall on Glasgow’s River Clyde, Sir Simon Lister laid out a clear ambition...
KRI Brawijaya Handed Over to Indonesian Navy
On 2 July 2025 the handover ceremony of the first of two multi-purpose combat ship (MPCS) KRI Brawijaya into the Indonesian Navy (TNI-AL) was...
HMAS Arafura commissions
The Royal Australian Navy commissioned the first of its new class of offshore patrol vessels, HMAS Arafura, at Fremantle Passenger Terminal on Saturday 28...
Russia nuclear ice-breakers clear way for LNG
Two nuclear icebreakers are making way for a tanker and two cargo ships in this year's first transit shipment on the Russian Arctic route.
Icebreaker...
India commissions lead anti-submarine shallow-water craft
On 18 June 2025 the Indian Navy commissioned the first of the class of Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft (ASW-SWC), INS Arnala, at the...
First of new UK frigate class takes to sea
The Royal Navy's newest warship has taken to the water for the first time. HMS Venturer is the first of five Inspiration class or...